Roger Creager - Delicacy of a Rose guitar chord

Delicacy Of A Rose

Roger Creager, Clay Baker

Intro G D C G C G D C D

G D C G

She gave it away on good faith when she was 15 years old.

C G D

He was 16 and did not appreciate the delicacy of a rose.

G D C G

A long string of lovers helped blur the line between true love and lust.

C G D G

A teenage girl who’s been sold short, who’s she got left to trust?

G D C G

The cycle of sin she found herself in once the word got out

C G D

It broke her heart to realize what they were all about.

G D C G

After she gave all she had they didn’t treat her so well.

C G D G

Each time she went their way, another petal fell.

CHORUS

D C G Walk Down

Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don’t choose.

Em C G

You try so hard to win but you still loose.

D C G

Bottle it all up inside where nothing ever grows.

C G D G

She built a ten foot wall around what’s left of a rose.

G D C G

I have always been there when she’s cried a million tears.

C G D

But I know why she can’t see that I’ve loved her for years.

G D C G

In the fertile soil of my hands I know real love could bloom.

C G D G

I would give up everything to bathe in her perfume.

CHORUS

D C G Walk Down

Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don’t choose.

Em C G

You try so hard to win but you still loose.

D C G

Bottle it all up inside where nothing ever grows.

C G D G

She built a ten foot wall around what’s left of a rose.

BRIDGE

Em D

She’s been loved a time or two

C G

but I don’t think she could tell.

C G C

She’s always been called easy,

C G D C G C G D

But friend she’s hard as hell.

CHORUS

D C G Walk Down

Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don’t choose.

Em C G

You try so hard to win but you loose.

D C G

Bottle it all up inside where nothing ever grows.

C G D G

She built a ten foot wall around what’s left of a rose.

C G D G D C G C D G

She built a ten foot wall around what’s left of a rose.

(hold – retard)